Coin-delivery machine.



E; L BRANDT.

GOIN DELIVERY MACHINEx APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I, 1914.

1,143,685. `PatentedJune 22, 1915.

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E. J. BRANDT.

COIN DELIVERY MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.2II9I I.-

1, 143,685. Patented June 22, 1915.

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VQ@ Y f y @IWUZM E. J. BRANDT.

COlN DELIVERY MCHINE.

APPUCATION HLED AUGJI, i914.

Patented Jim@ 22, 1915.

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E. 1. BRANDT` .COIN DELIVERY MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-21,1914.

` Patented June 22, 1915.

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WATERTOWN, W'ISNSIN, ASSIGNORJTfy CGMPANY, OF CHLLGO, ILLINOI: i" Y l" To all whom it may concern: j t

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. BRANDT, arcitizen of the United States, andV resident. of Watertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of Wisconsin; have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin- Delivery Machines; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear7 and exact description thereof.

Referring to eoinfdelivery machines ol the Brandt automatic cashier type, the present invention has for its object topreride a simple, economical and efiicien; change-making machine that may be orqv ganized to pay coins of one denomination singly from any one of a series of coin-tray compartments and inmultiple from two more of said compartments, or to pay coil-f of different denominations, singly or combinations; said invention consisting;1 in 'what is'herein particularly set forth v in reference to the accompanying dravri and pointed out in the' claims of this specilication. i

line 1-1 in Figs. 2 and 3; Fig. 2, a rear elevation partly in section, indicated by line:

'il-2 in Fig. 1: Fig. 3, a cross-section indicated by line 3--3 in Fig, l, and showing. partsbrokcn away: Fig. 4l, a plan View of the machina-1nd Fig. a partly horizontal sectional vieil.' of a fragment of the machine indicated by line, :.'i--i in lfig. 1.

Referring by ninnerals to the drawings, indicates each of paired front and rear legs supporting a base 7 having annpirardly extending trout llange 8 and sindl larly disposed front Corne1bl`ocls9. said base. flange and blocks being preferably a single casting. lilounted on the hase are side standards 1l having rearwardly etrtending ears ll." ronstitating supports l'or a fixed arhor 1'2. and loose on the arbor is a series ot' elbow levers i3 haring vnormally vertical branches thereof opposed to hang ers lv'lloose on a rod ll supported in the up per ends of the standards.

hastened on the base-flange 8 and blocks 9 isa'plategl' preferably provided with a ser-,ies ol angular notches open at the rear,

and supported on the plate is a compari- Hment eoiri-lray 18 generally similar lo those now .common in machines of the type afm-ef Specilcation oil' Letters Patent.

Patented June 22," 1915.

Application l hug-'ust $51, lil. Serial No; 857,878.

said. A lower rig tangle. member 19 of the coin-tray Vis provi 'd with the usual intersecting rear and bottom slots that register' with the notches 'in the plate 17 and in which 'thecoinpushers 21 "of the machinel are guided. The foot of the angle member et the coin-.tray is provided with transverse recesses in which levers 22 are fulcrumed,"

anda prong 22 of each lever extends up through an opening provided in said foot in the 'path of coin (notI shown) in a compartment of said tray. A wedgefndof ank or a gate )Sthat is guided in a ,'rtical pocket of the angle-member of the cnn-tray, and no com being opposed to the re-fer prong 22', the gate is, by gravity, in

'the path of a .coin-pusher, otherwise thev ecight of the coin actuates said lever to litt said gate clear of the coin-pusher.

in pivotal connection with the rear 'of the tront' iange of the base are fingers 24, each haring a rear eye-lug 26, and a spiral-sprin on each pair ot' said fingers. The fingers-extend up` through slots inv the plate 17 and are yielding n the path of the lowern'iost coin being discharged from compartments of kthe coin-tray, but when the column .of

coin in any compartment is reduced to twov and there is a tendency of the one uppermost to tilt and follow the under one on its discharge the recoil of a pair of said fingers takes place in time to retain the ylast coin in said tray-eompartment.

Hung in connection 'with the standards 11 is an angular bail 28', the horizontal por tion ot' which is a universal bar forward of the hangers ll, and a spralsspring 29 conneets an eye-lug 28v of the bail with a post :$0 having a foot thereoi= fastened on the hase aforesaid. The normally horizontal branch `of eacllgelbow lever 13 is opposed yeh lever engages aflaring edge-notch of 0 is connected at its ends to the eye-lugs o? iard vertical V'socket containing a spiralspring 38 opposed to the under side of said pusher.

Each cfa series of--ivings' 39 extend from i n of said key-plates are in two rows, the pushf 'buttons of the front tray by an operation of the key in rear thereof, or by the operation oi any of the other rear l row being preferably indexed to indicate different coin values, according to the paying scheme ofthe Inachine, and said buttons may be of a' contrasting c olor to those in therear row with which they are staggered.

The oreanizaton of the machine, as shown, is such that iive cent coins are paid `from the several compartni ts of the cointray, and the key-buttons i, the front roW are indexed 5, l0, 15, 2O and 25 respectively, reading from left tc right, to denote unit value. and multiples of the saine. be actuated, a. single coin will be the left l ind compartment of the coin-tray. However if key 10, l5, 20 or 25 be actuated two, three, four or five coins Will be paid singly froinas many compartments of said tray according to the key depressed, and' providing no coin-pusher of a combination is blocked against forward movement by a gate 23, the combinations of said coin-pushers being a. result of the arrangement of the lever-wings 39 aforesaid.

lf payment by a combination ofthe coinpushers-is blocked, coins may be paid singly from the left hand compartment of the coinlreys, provided there isno gate obstruct-ion to the coin-pusher associated with l levers 13 of the. leit hand pair and one in cachot the otherpairs being capable of independent' on against ari-opposing hanger 14 to which single coin pusher is attached.

The spring-controlled universalv bail-bar 28 automaticaliy returns an actuated hanger. orhangers to normal position when a depressed keyi's released, and thekcy is returned to its normal position by a controllingspring 40. Other springs 4l are arranged to have tension againstthe hangers :1 4: and thus insure of a full recoil of the same against the fulcrums'sof the opposing levers.

Y As a matter'of detail, the upper ends of thehangers are forked as shown in Fig. 2, and the springs 411 are coiled on the rod 16 in ther hanger-forks. It is also preferable' toemployspacers i2 on the rod 16 between Brandt automatic cashiers If key 5 paid from partments are' empty.

ing a front upper flange, a series of iin the front key 5, or through which the fingers extendin the any `one oitl said keys, both and the V'opposing lever or levers- Apivotal hangers each vhaving asprln'gf' hangers and between`the end hangers'an'd` thestandard supporting said rod.

The coin-receiving chute 43 of the rua-` chine and its reciprocative trap-door 44 are features now of common` knowledge in claimt* if c ,a l. In a chin-delivery machine, a coin-tray. provided Livith guide-slotsfor co'infpushers and' having 'an angle-member provided'with 75 vertical pockets, levers fulcrumed in the tray ,and lhaving end-prongs that extend under coin deposited in'coinpartments of the tray, Y

and gravity gates that are guidedfin ,said pockets and engaged' by the levers to lifted thereby under the weight of said coin clear of said coin-pushers toy which theygarej Y opposed when re"` empty. A

2. In a coin-delivery machine, ,a'fcoxnf i provided with guide-'slots for'coinfpus levers fulcrumed in y end-prongs that extend under ,"cfoini de in jcon'ipartrnentsl of the tray, and gates in said tray having [ilariaa notches engaged by Wedge-ends of to be lifted by said leversjunder'thc the tray-coldpaltnien' of said coin clear of said coifx'i-pii'shei-VK 'to opposed when.v tray WhichV they are 3. n a coindelivery machineQa''xe' porting member,` a'seri'es of ingersf-p'1 connected to the 'supporting member springs' connecting the lingers in vp v"rs pair being yielding in the'path ofjt most coin having discharge from compartment .of the machine.' f

4, In a coindelivery machine, arba pivoted on the rearbof the flange, 'ai-.h

Zonta-l plate over said flange vhaving lots.

oi"l an adjacentv lever, al springcontrol edlr'e@ ciprocative 'key opposing the upperbraich of each lever,.and a springfcon'trolledswing: 120" l i -bar in the Working path of the hangers;

6. In aVcoin-delivery machine,`aJ s erie 1li trolled pivotal coin-pusher therewith', elbow-- levers in'pairs'of 'Which each pair hasflio'vver 125;.. branches thereof in opposition to ahangeraw Y of which extendsfrom a series of Wings each the `lower branch of one of a levers in opposition 'to similar the next. adjacent airof the ranches of bey than." y

pair of said levers, va 13" spring-controlled reeiprocative key opposing the upper branch of each lever, and a spring-controlled swing-bar in the Working path of the hangers.

f 7. In a coin-delivery machine'a series of independently springcontrolled pivotal hangers each having a pivotal spring-controlled c0in-pusher therewith, elbow levers each having a lower branch thereof in .opposition to a hanger, a series of Wings each of which extends from said branch ofone lever in opposition to a similar branch of an adjacent lever, a spring-controlled reciprocative key opposing the upper branch of each lever, and a spring-controlled swing-bar in 15 the Working path of the hanger.

-j-In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, in. the presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD J.

Witnesses:

C. S. BARTON, `v PATRICK HUNT;

BRANDT. 

